Temperature
66 F at 12 AM; 87 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 64 F at its coolest, 2 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 66F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 87F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 64F
- 2 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Tri-Cities Regional TN/VA Airport, Tennessee
Medium airport in Sullivan County, Tennessee66°
82°/62°
Clear·
Feels like 66°·Calm 0 mph S
Coming up. Rain is likely late tonight, from about 1 AM (73%).
Now. Tri-Cities Regional TN/VA Airport is 66° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 65°, so the air feels humid and sticky. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 80° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 46° by 5 AM, with some cloud. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 57): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 73°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 56°. Rain is likely tomorrow (73%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 34°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:52 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:57 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The day is 11 hours 16 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
57Air quality
96%Humidity
3%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
66feels66
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8262
73%
14mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
5644
73%
13mph
Sun
Oct 18
6534
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
6835
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
7139
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
7342
UV 6
Thu
Oct 22
7343
UV 6
66°
82°62°
56°44°
65°34°
68°35°
71°39°
73°42°
73°43°
As of 1:00 AM in Tri-Cities Regional TN/VA Airport, Tennessee.
Air quality
The air at Tri-Cities Regional TN/VA Airport
Index 57, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Tri-Cities (TN), 3 miles off.
57Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)57Moderate-
- Ozone19Good15 ppb4.3 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)21Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 59, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 59YesterdayOct 15
- 50TodayOct 16
- 42SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 44 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Tri-Cities Regional TN/VA Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Tri-Cities Regional TN/VA Airport, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 11 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- TRI
- ICAO
- KTRI
- IATA
- TRI
- Field elevation
- 1,519 ft
- Serves
- Blountville
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- TRI
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 00:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 8,000 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 42° / 222° | Calm | Calm |
| 09 / 27 | 4,443 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 89° / 269° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Bristol/Tri-City (TRI), Tri-Cities Regional TN/VA Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 65 F, the air 97% saturated; the humidity ran from 46% at 2 PM Thursday to 100% at 2 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 65F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 97%
- Humidity, range
- 46 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 12 AM; at its strongest 9 mph, 2 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 9mph
- 2 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.07 inHg at 12 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.06 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.07inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.06inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 4 miles at 7 AM Thursday; 9 miles now.
- Now
- 9mi
- Lowest
- 4mi
- 7 AM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 3,400 ft at 12 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 3,400ft
- 12 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Bristol/Tri-City: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Tri-Cities Regional TN/VA Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,519 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Unicoi 1WNWUNIT1
At a river or reservoir gauge/19.0 mi away/2,482 ft/963 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Kingsport 7.1 SETN-SL-33
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.6 mi away/1,396 ft/123 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
KingsportKNGT1
At a cooperative observer's station/7.3 mi away/1,289 ft/230 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Kingsport (KNGT1), 7.3 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 23:59. measured daily
Elsewhere in Tennessee
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
BristolcityChattanoogacityCherokee National ForestfeatureClarksvillecityColumbiacityCookevillecityCrossvillecityCumberland PlateaufeatureDyersburgcityGatlinburgcityGreat Smoky Mountains National ParkfeatureJacksoncityJohnson CitycityKingsportcityKnoxvillecityMemphiscityMurfreesborocityNashvillecityNorris LakefeatureOber Mountainski areaPigeon ForgecityReelfoot LakefeatureRoan Mountainfeature
Near Tri-Cities Regional TN/VA Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Spurgeoncommunity, 4 mi
- Oak Grovecommunity, 4 mi
- Colonial Heightscommunity, 5 mi
- Graycommunity, 5 mi
- Orebankcommunity, 6 mi
- Blountvillecommunity, 6 mi
- Bluff Citycity, 8 mi
- Bloomingdalecommunity, 9 mi
- Kingsportcity, 10 mi
- Wataugacity, 10 mi
- Sullivan Gardenscommunity, 10 mi
- Walnut Hillcommunity, 11 mi
Airports near Tri-Cities Regional TN/VA Airport
- Elizabethton Municipal Airport0A9, 15 mi
- Greeneville Municipal AirportGCY, 30 mi
- Morristown Regional AirportMOR, 58 mi
- Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge AirportGKT, 76 mi
- Knoxville Downtown Island AirportDKX, 89 mi
- Campbell County Airport - Colonel Tommy C Stiner AirfieldJAU, 98 mi
- McGhee Tyson AirportTYS, 100 mi
- Scott Municipal AirportSCX, 121 mi